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Are You Biting the Hook of Negativity?

2023-02-28T12:50:03-08:00

What is it about human nature that makes us want to bite the hook of negativity? I recently worked on an initiative that “everyone” loved – meaning the majority vastly outweighed the minority by 20:1. With a few rare exceptions, [...]

Are You Biting the Hook of Negativity?2023-02-28T12:50:03-08:00

Do You Treat Your Car Better Than You Treat Your Team?

2023-02-28T12:50:03-08:00

Cars need a tune-up every now and then. Knowing this, most of us invest in maintaining our cars to keep them running smoothly and at optimum performance, often saving us money on expensive repairs further down the line. So why [...]

Do You Treat Your Car Better Than You Treat Your Team?2023-02-28T12:50:03-08:00

How to Rock Your Corporate Culture

2023-02-28T12:50:04-08:00

Can you easily describe your corporate culture? Is it a high-performance, positive place to work? What words would you use to describe the culture of your organization? If those questions are challenging to answer or the words that come to [...]

How to Rock Your Corporate Culture2023-02-28T12:50:04-08:00

Collaboration: How To Play Well With Others

2023-02-28T12:50:04-08:00

Collaboration is a relative term. Lots of people work together, but that doesn’t mean that they are working collaboratively. When a group works in true collaboration by agreeing that the potential outcome outweighs any one person’s opinion, then sparks of [...]

Collaboration: How To Play Well With Others2023-02-28T12:50:04-08:00

An Idea Is A Terrible Thing To Waste

2023-02-28T12:50:04-08:00

Almost every time I lead a collaborative strategic planning workshop, I experience how human behaviour can both help and hurt the collaboration process. This time it was around brainstorming and idea generation. Ideas are meant to be building blocks that [...]

An Idea Is A Terrible Thing To Waste2023-02-28T12:50:04-08:00

Fear of Conflict? Fear No More.

2023-02-28T12:50:04-08:00

This just in… Healthy conflict is NOT an oxymoron. It’s real and it’s achievable. In fact, healthy conflict can be dynamic, motivating and even exhilarating. But our old school notion of conflict can indeed be something to fear, or at [...]

Fear of Conflict? Fear No More.2023-02-28T12:50:04-08:00

Too Busy To Be A Productive Leader?

2023-02-28T12:50:05-08:00

By now you may have heard the awful truth. Multi-tasking is a lie. It does not make us more productive, more get-it-all-done, more “Oprah-esque.” Multi-tasking makes us idiots. Yup, multi-tasking can lower our I.Q.s by up to 30 points. I [...]

Too Busy To Be A Productive Leader?2023-02-28T12:50:05-08:00

Leading Change? 5 Information Essentials

2023-02-28T12:50:05-08:00

Change is essential. Change is inevitable. Change is the only constant, yadayada. While there are many truisms when it comes to change, this is the one that really matters: change makes people uncomfortable and often fearful — not a state that [...]

Leading Change? 5 Information Essentials2023-02-28T12:50:05-08:00

Improve Your Email with 5 Tips from the Old School Memo

2023-02-28T12:50:05-08:00

If you’re old enough to remember the inter-office memo, imagine if we managed memos the way most of us manage email. We’d need avalanche safety ratings in the office due to the piles and piles of paper we would amass [...]

Improve Your Email with 5 Tips from the Old School Memo2023-02-28T12:50:05-08:00

10 Bits of Irish Wisdom for Work and Life

2023-02-28T12:50:05-08:00

As a proud Irish Canadian, in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day I thought I’d share some Irish wisdom for the workplace. I can hear the Irish reading this say, “Irish wisdom in the workplace? Sure, isn’t that an oxymoron?” I [...]

10 Bits of Irish Wisdom for Work and Life2023-02-28T12:50:05-08:00
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